The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating an incident in which a Magnolia woman discovered what police say was a small drug lab in a home that has been vacated since Hurricane Ike.

According to Lt. Phillip Cash of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit, a Magnolia resident began receiving electric bills for a property that had been vacated due to the damage it received during Hurricane Ike.

At left, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office discovered alleged drug-making components in a vacated Magnolia home.

When the property owner visited the building, she discovered it wasn’t as vacant as she had thought. The Sheriff’s Office reported finding “components of a clandestine laboratory.”

A DEA hazardous material contractor arrived on the scene and removed 5.6 kilograms of suspected MDMA (Ecstasy), a psychoactive drug that is “chemically similar to methamphetamine,” the Sheriffs’ Office stated.

According to Cash, the Sheriff’s Office and DPS have identified two suspects, one of whom was in the county jail at press time last week for an unrelated drug charge. Cash also said the two suspects may be part of a larger organization.

The Sheriff’s Office reported that Ecstasy in pill form sells from $5 to $20 each. The incident is still under investigation.

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